Our 2024 Annual Meeting Program

San Diego, California, November 22-24


Friday, Nov. 22
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Hilton Bayfront, Sapphire 410A (Fourth Level)
AAR Program: P22-501

Theme: Anantanand Rambachan’s Pathways to Hindu-Christian Dialogue (Fortress, 2022), the Best Book in Hindu-Christian Studies, 2019-2023 (Theology/Philosophy).

Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University, Presiding

Panelists:

Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida
Reid Locklin, University of Toronto
Patrick Beldio, University of Scranton
Bhakti Mamtora, University of Arizona

Responding:

Anantanand Rambachan, St. Olaf College


Saturday, Nov. 23
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Hilton Bayfront, Cobalt 501C (Fifth Level)
AAR Program: P23-100

Society for Hindu-Christian Studies Board Meeting

Kalpesh Bhatt, University of Mary Washington, Presiding


Saturday, Nov. 23
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Grand Hyatt, America’s Cup CD (Fourth Level)
AAR Program: P23-108

Theme: The Role of Context in Hindu-Christian Engagement

Elsa Marty, Institute for Vaishnava Studies, Presiding

Panelists:

Arun W. Jones, Emory University
Indic Kingly Ideologies and the Shaping of Missionary Vocations in 19th Century Rajasthan

Jess Navarette, Boston College
Hindu Integration of Jesus Christ in the United States Contemporary Context

Maharshi Vyas, University of California Santa Barbara
Gathering the Family: A Subaltern Woman’s Perspective on Hindu-Christian Conflict Resolution

Charissa Jaeger-Sanders, Graduate Theological Union
A Mayhaw Among the Lotus Blossoms

Jason W. Smith, Mercer University
The Role of Ethics in the Hindu-Christian Engagement Around the Tirukkural

Elsa Marty, Institute for Vaishnava Studies
The Promise and Pitfalls of Context: Hinduisms, Christianities and Contexts

Business Meeting

Kalpesh Bhatt, University of Mary Washington, Presiding


Saturday, Nov. 23
3:00 — 4:30 p.m.
Convention Center 15A (Mezzanine Level)
AAR Program: P23-301

Theme: Aging, Death, and Death Rituals in Hindu Christian Contexts

Arun W. Jones, Emory University, Presiding

Panelists:

Stephanie Corigliano, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
What do we need to forget? Mystical experience, Kaivalya, and the realities of Dementia

Shruti Dixit, University of St. Andrews
Antyeṣṭi and Catholic Funeral Rites: A Dialogue on Food, Water, and Incense

Jeffrey Long, Elizabethtown College
The Dialectic of Finality and Eternity: Hindu and Christian Funerary Rituals as Catalysts for Acceptance of Death

Viraj Patel, University of Chicago
Did I Burn My Bad Karma? Addressing Physical and Spiritual Pain at Death